Spinal Cord Monitoring

Front Matter....Pages I-XII
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Fundamentals of Sensory and Motor Functions of the Spinal Cord....Pages 3-15
Spinal Cord Monitoring — A Review of Current Techniques and Knowledge....Pages 16-28
Comparison of Spinal Cord Evoked Potentials Elicited by Spinal Cord and Peripheral Nerve Stimulation....Pages 29-34
An Analysis of Spinal Cord Potentials Evoked by Median Nerve Stimulation....Pages 35-42
Descending Lumbosacral Cord Potentials (DLCP) Evoked by Stimulation of the Median Nerve....Pages 43-50
Extraspinal Stimulation and Recording: A Method for Operative Monitoring....Pages 51-58
Scalp Distribution of Dermatomal Evoked Potentials....Pages 59-63
Technique of Evoked Potential Recordings from a Radiofrequency-Transmitted Spinal Cord Stimulating System....Pages 64-66
Front Matter....Pages 67-67
Anesthetic Technique for Spinal Cord Monitoring....Pages 69-81
Effects of Fentanyl and Enflurane on Cortical and Subcortical SEP During General Anesthesia in Man....Pages 82-89
Pentobarbital: The Influence on Somatosensory Conduction in the Rat....Pages 90-94
Pharmacogenic Changes of Cortical Responses to Spinal Cord Stimulation....Pages 95-99
Front Matter....Pages 101-101
Acute and Chronic Pathomorphological Reactions to Cord Injury....Pages 103-120
Evoked Potentials in Experimental Spinal Cord Injury....Pages 121-126
Somatosensory Evoked Potentials (SEPs) in Spinal Cord Injury....Pages 127-142
Therapeutic Trial of Hypertension and Hyperoxia Combined with Hypercarbia on Experimental Acute Spinal Cord Injury in the Dog....Pages 143-153
Cortical Evoked Potentials in Experimental Scoliosis....Pages 154-157
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
Intraoperative Deterioration of Evoked Potentials During Spinal Surgery....Pages 161-166
Cortical Somatosensory Evoked Potentials During Surgery for Scoliosis and Coarctation of the Aorta....Pages 167-172
Scalp Recorded Somatosensory Evoked Potentials During Spinal Surgery....Pages 173-178
Front Matter....Pages 159-159
The “Grey Zone” in Intra-operative S.C.E.P. Monitoring....Pages 179-185
Variance of Latency and Amplitude in SEPs Monitored During Spinal Operations with and Without Cord Manipulation....Pages 186-196
Somatosensory Evoked Potential Monitoring of Intraoperative Procedures....Pages 197-203
Evoked Potential Monitoring During Interventional Neuroradiology: Experimental Aspects of Special Catheter Techniques....Pages 204-212
Front Matter....Pages 213-213
Experience of Epidural Spinal Cord Monitoring in 410 Cases....Pages 215-220
An Assessment of the Use of Spinal Cord Evoked Potentials in Prognosis Estimation of Injured Spinal Cord....Pages 221-226
Monitoring Spinal Motor Tract Function Using Cortical Stimulation: A Preliminary Report....Pages 227-230
Spinal Evoked Potentials in Infants with Myelomeningocele....Pages 231-236
Intraoperative Spinal Cord Monitoring at Different Levels and with Varying Surgical Pathology....Pages 237-244
Clinical Usefulness of Spinal Cord Evoked Potentials....Pages 245-249
Spinal Cord Monitoring in Neurosurgery in the United States....Pages 250-258
Front Matter....Pages 259-259
Conductivity in Elastically Stretched and Relaxed Spinal Cord Evaluated by Somatosensory Evoked Potentials....Pages 261-265
Assessment of Long Sensory Tract Conduction in Patients Undergoing Dorsal Root Entry Zone Coagulation for Pain Relief....Pages 266-273
Evaluation of Cord Function in Cervical Spondylosis by a Combined Method Using Segmental and Conductive Spinal Evoked Potentials (SEP)....Pages 274-283
Somatosensory Evoked Potentials in Cervical Myelopathy....Pages 284-289
Clinical Study of Cervical Spondylotic Myelopathy Using Evoked Spinal Cord Potentials....Pages 290-301
SEP Following Tibial Nerve Stimulation in Spinal Cord Lesions....Pages 302-307
Single and Double Stimuli SEP Examinations in Spinal Tumors and in Multiple Sclerosis....Pages 308-315
Peripheral Autonomic Surface Potential — Applications in Clinical Neurology....Pages 316-319
Back Matter....Pages 321-329